FLASH Workshop 2024: The Role of Oxygen in FLASH Radiation Therapy
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Welcome
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The FLASH Workshop 2024 in Heidelberg at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) brings together medical physicists, biologists, clinicians and scientists to discuss the impact of oxygen in FLASH radiotherapy (FLASH-RT). Oxygen plays a vital role in radiation therapy, since it's the most well-known radiation sensitizer. Increased tissue oxygen has been shown to reduce the protective nature of FLASH in healthy tissue. The FLASH workshop will allow for an open discussion of the ideas of how oxygen impacts FLASH-RT. Talks by our invited speakers will be supplemented by talks of attendees. Therefore, we are really looking forward to your abstract if you want to actively participate in the workshop.
The workshop is organized by DKFZ under the auspices of the Heidelberg Institute for Radiation Oncology (HIRO).
Confirmed Speakers:
Marie-Catherine Vozenin (Geneva, Switzerland), Pierre Montay-Gruel (Antwerpen, Belgium), Elke Beyreuther (Dresden, Germany), Kristoffer Petersson (Oxford, UK), Cristian Fernandez Palomo (Bern, Switzerland), Charles Limoli (Irvine, CA, UAS), Prof. P. Jack Hoopes (Hanover, NH, USA), Prof. Billy W. Loo Jr. (Stanford, CA, USA)
Audience:
Medical physicists, biologists, clinicians, bioengineers and students in the respective fields
Contact:
Please visit the website of the next FLASH Workshop 2025 here to contact us.
Date, Program and Poster
The workshop is scheduled for June 17th until Jun. 19th 2024.
Registration, Fees and Abstracts
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Registration:
Start of registration: February 12th 2024
Early bird registration deadline: April 8th 2024
Regular registration deadline: June 1st 2024
EXTENDED abstract submission deadline: April 22nd 2024
Confirmation of Abstracts: end of April 2024
Fees
Early Bird Fee: € 150
Regular Fee: € 250
Student's Fee: € 50
Abstracts
As indicated on the program there are several sessions dedicated to presentations of attendees. Presentations will be selected by the scientific committee based on abstracts. Therefore, we encourage everyone to submit an abstract to present your scientific work during the workshop. We are also pleased that there will be a Special Issue of the European Journal of Medical Physics with accepted abstracts to be published after the workshop. Please note: accepted abstracts undergo a second separate review process for the special issue.
Scientific Committee
Prof. Joao Seco & Prof. Iuliana Toma-Dasu
Prof. Dr. DABR. Joao Seco (host)
Professor and Division Head
Head of the Division BioMedical Physics in Radiation Oncology (E041), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
Professor at the Physics Faculty, Heidelberg University, Germany
http://www.dkfz.de/en/medizinische-physik-radioonkologie
Prof. Dr. Iuliana Toma-Dasu
Professor and Division Head
Head of the Medical Radiation Physics Division at Stockholm University, Sweden, affiliated to the Department of Oncology and Pathology at Karolinska Institutet
Professor in Medical Physics at the Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Sweden
https://www.su.se/english/profiles/iuda0736-1.187652
Venue and travel suggestions
Main Entrance at DKFZ and Communication Center on the left-hand side
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The workshop takes place on site at DKFZ in the lecture hall of the communication center. It is held in English.
Address:
German Cancer Research Center
Im Neuenheimer Feld 280
DE-69120 Heidelberg
Partners
Endorsements
The workshop is recognized by the German Society for Medical Physics (DGMP) with 20 points for continuing education (DGMP Curriculum: N6) as well as with 20 points for advanced training (category 1.1).